Christmas Day Rescue on a London Pantomime Stage
On Christmas Day in a damp lodging near Waterloo Bridge a struggling music hall performer Halliday learns his daughter Babsie is missing. Amid fog and fear, a child’s song lifts him on stage to reveal Babsie alive in the gallery. She had waited outside while her father worked, brought back by a kind manager and the crowd’s warmth.
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Fortunes in Toys and the Rise of Penny Puzzles
English Illustrated notes how popular penny toys shift from inanimate curiosities to moving puzzles. A 1862 penny watch fad began with a clever hawker near Mansion House selling many units, fueling widespread demand and factory strain. The piece suggests high earnings for street sellers of popular toys and points to a future fortune for inventive puzzles to rival the fifteen puzzle and pigs in clover.
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Country inn venture for autos inspires old world charm
A Baltimore Herald writer cites a girl predicting a boom in country inns as autos revive travel. She envisions a roadside haven in a mountain district with authentic inn features yet modern comforts, calling for comfortable beds, fireplaces, clean kitchens, and quality hospitality by capable women.
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Veteran steamboat captain recalls Mississippi days
In a city steamboat office crowd of young men listen to an old river veteran recount frontier trips on the Mississippi. He chats of Bill Jones and his father, claiming long years on the river begun when it was only a creek as challengers doubt his dates and memories.
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Royal Table and Automatic Photographing Note
From the Royal Table in the Austrian Court perishable items displace the Imperial table causing attendants to reap large rewards. A basement market sells remains to Viennese buyers each morning. An apparatus for automatically photographing people entering shops is described. The quip about wolves ends with a man denying pursuit after satisfaction.
Single Sashes Double Glazed for Poultry Housing
The article describes a double glazed sash that can be fitted on both sides of wooden bars creating a double window. It notes the cost is about 25 cents extra per sash for glass and labor and stresses airtight glazing to keep out dirt. It also covers hay demand in Canada and the U.S. due to the Transvaal war, buff turkeys, a zebra mare hybrid, and bird seed guidance.
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Planting Tree Seeds for Better Germination
Farmers' Advocate recommends storing apple plum and cherry pits outside in a moist, thawing soil or planting in fall with a three inch burial and a two inch mound. Remove the mound in spring to expose a one inch seed bed, avoiding surface packing for stronger first season growth.
Cultivation Tips From Farmers' Voice on Berry Growth
The Farmers' Voice says berries should be cultivated from planting to fruiting, ground kept pulverized between rows, straw mulch for strawberries, and surface cultivation between rows for blackberries to retain moisture and mature late blooms. Tree roots extend as far as limbs. shallow plowing advised for large trees to avoid root damage.
A Winter Gate with Snow Level Adjustable Hinge
A winter gate design allows continual raising as snowfall deepens. The hinge uses a rod and eye mechanism with drilled holes for a 20 penny nail to set elevation, then returns to normal when snow melts. Farmers’ notes extol education, rat control, and apple storage methods.
Motherhood Aims At Hidden Counts In Daily Toil
A nostalgic collage notes the unseen labor of mothers and the questions of daily care from missing buttons to meals and kisses. It contrasts a child’s world with maternal devotion and lists practical tips on stain removal and laundry aids alongside a quiz of motherly duties.
Hints From Culinary Notions and Odd Food Facts
A collection of miscellaneous kitchen tips and curious claims. It covers egg freshness, bath timing for babies, the cradle returning to favor, boiling water and string removal, sugar in flames harming mice, potato flour in Austria, questionable olive oil sources, rice washing, egg froth speed, charcoal purifiers, onions peeled under water, X rays detecting flour adulteration, celery oil in Germany, meat fat-down cooking, cabbage digestion, stewed cucumbers versus cream cauliflower, Princess Victoria as a cook, burlap as floor covering, keeping sunshine in, and lemon in salt protecting copper weasels.
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